01 Feb 2016 » First lecture demo today

The lecture demos can be found at https://github.com/cs2043-sp16/lecture-demos.git. I updated the README.md to explain how we will be using it, as well as how to obtain it. For now, git clone and git pull are the only commands I endorse, we will learn more soon. With that, go ahead and follow the directions there to download the latest changes to the README.md locally to see how it works!

28 Jan 2016 » Having Trouble with the Course VM

Some of you have been unable to import the 64bit VMs I have prepared. On the Getting Started page below Step 5 there is a new section “Help! I can’t get a 64bit VM working”. This will provide you with instructions on how to get a 32bit VM setup. If your computer is particularly old, or you have not been able to configure your BIOS to enable VT-x (for Intel) or Hyper-v (for AMD), try setting up the 32bit VM instead.

28 Jan 2016 » Video Tutorials for VM Customization

The video tutorials for Step 5 on the Getting Started page are up. There are two parts. The first part applies to both VMs, and shows you how to configure the VirtualBox application as well as a little bit about how you use it. Part 2 is separated into Ubuntu and Fedora videos.

27 Jan 2016 » Welcome?

Welcome to CS 2043! The weather may have prevented you from being in class today, but you can still complete HW0. You will need a reliable internet connection to download the Virtual Machine if you need it. Depending on how fast your internet is, you may want to go grab some lunch while it downloads.